Cross between country, folk, and blues. This song is about passion and a long-distance love affair that was never meant to be.

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This song started off as a ballad, and then it just kept changing and changing until it became what it is today. It's currently the most requested song by my adoring fans.

I spent the summer with cracked lips
In the sun that browned my skin
We laughed until our jaws hurt
And we loved til our bodies gave in
You made me scream down by the water
Our sweat and passion mixed
And we jumped into the ocean
That point in time transfixed
And my mouth cracked under the sun
Between your lips around your tongue
I tasted blood in my mouth
But I didn’t care
I just wanted to keep you here

I spent the fall with lonely arms
Layin’ between pillows in bed
And work kept you awake at night
And so thin yourself you spread
We met in our dreams so far apart
We tried so hard to win
But our bodies we could not outsmart
And so it had to end
And my arms fell down to my sides
When would fate let us collide?
I tasted salt in my mouth
So far away
I just wanted to keep you here

So we wasted the cold weather
Until we could meet again
And we celebrated our reunion and cried
Over how long it’d been
And my mouth cracked from your kisses
And your presence filled me up
My arms rested around your waist
But then our time was up
And I drove you to the airplane that would take you away again
I tasted salt in my mouth
Alone again
I just wanted to keep you here